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El día y la noche
ISBN: 9780176360320
Copyright Date: 2003
Grade Level:
3
Reading Level:
P
Strategy/Skill:
Making connections, Making predictions, Prior knowledge
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
Theme/Topic:
Family, Food
Classification:
Fiction
Fluency:
Emergent
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Book Summary
These two tales retell myths about the origin of day and night. In the first tale, Maui slows down the sun to make the days longer. In the second tale, Serpiente Grande’s daughter releases night so that her husband can sleep.
Features of the Book
- Myths from Hawaii and the Amazon
- Personification of the sun and night
- Descriptive language – la primera estrella; una manta de nubes; la luz de la mañana; la pálida luz de la aurora
- Mythical concepts – controlar el Sol; capturar la noche; separar la noche del día
Purpose
El día y la noche can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills and understandings:
- recognizing the features of myths
- identifying a problem and predicting outcomes
- considering the consequences of characters’ actions
- exploring antonyms
- identifying cause and effect in a story line
- developing an argument based on information in the text
- understanding that objects in the sky have patterns of movement
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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